Hello. Welcome to your March newsletter. I am thoroughly enjoying my weekly Life Drawing sessions as an artist at Paddock Art Studio. Having a set time that I sit down and draw, stops me procrastinating or finding other jobs to do other than prioritising drawing for myself. It is a great space, that has lots going…
January News Letter from The Arts School
Hello to 2020 – Happy New Year & welcome to your January newsletter – I hope you had a wonderful festive break and are feeling happy, healthy and vibrant for the year ahead. Do you make resolutions? Rather than resolutions I like to write a list of things I want to accomplish or develop in…
Drawing and Wellbeing – never to late!
This Christmas I fibbed to my mother… I told her I had a work event and needed her to babysit but in-fact I was taking her to a craft night. She didn’t want to go, she “doesn’t do art, can’t”. Within a few minutes of the first activity (stamping) she announced it was calming! The…
Next weeks theme: natural forms, single objects.
The week running from Monday 6th April we will be exploring natural forms, e.g. shell, feather, fruit, seed head, anything natural..We will be drawing one at a time rather than a group still life. I will be doing lots of short studies rather than one sustained drawing..Join me at 10.30am each morning next week for…
Monthly Art Challenge – April
Each month I set a different theme and tasks to help inspire you to draw, paint and create. If you want help just let me know. WHAT: April Inspiration – Collage and composition This is your opportunity to use old magazines and photos to create fabulous pictures exploring composition. TASK 1) create a series of…
Facebook Lives (with and without children)
Facebook Live Wednesday Mornings. What: 15 minute drawing over Facebook Live at 10.30am Monday – Friday: I will have the children with me so you never know what will happen! Each week I will set a new subject. You can either draw from the photographs I post of my still life, or draw your own. …
This month at The Arts School
Hello. Welcome to your April newsletter. I hope you are well in this strange old world. Isolation will be very different for all of us, and I hope you are all finding positives, and staying well. I have now been in lock down for two weeks, very grateful that the weather was been good and that…
Drawing Together! (Virtually)
Due to family health we are in isolation, but because of technology ales do not have to be alone! This Friday 11-11:30am I will be doing a Facebook Live. I will be drawing from a still life for 20 minutes and would love you to join in!
Monthly Art Challenge – March
Each month I set a different theme and tasks to help inspire you to draw, paint and create. If you want help just let me know. WHAT: March Inspiration – Darkness and Light TASK 1) This month we focus on looking at working with shadow and light in our drawingExercise 1: 5 minute draw: 1 minute only highlights, 1…
New course for January
WHAT: 4 week Observational Drawing course. Each week we will explore a different still life subject using a range of materials. Materials will be provided for the day (drawing/painting paper, paints etc) but please bring basics (sketchbook, pencil/pen and any materials you own that want to explore). WHERE: Ribs & Co, 8a George Street,, Hailsham,…
